Welding machine



April 1o, 192s.

A. MAUSER WELDING MACHINE Filed Dec. 12. 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 QN NN INVENTOR N o T April 10, 1928. v 1,665,815

- A. MAUSER WELDING MACHINE Filed D60. 12. 1.925 3 SheetS-Sheet 3 INVENTOR Patented 10, 1928.

PATENT- o FFic'E.

.ALFONS MAUSER, F COLOGNE-MARIENBUM, GEBMAN'Y. V

WELDING MACHINE.

Application led December 12, 1825, Serial No. 74,992, and iin Gbermany February 1.3, 1925.

M present ,invention relates to welding mac ines and particularly to machines for the autogenous welding of longitudinal `seams on the bodies of barrels, .pails and other. articles. The object ofthe invention is to provide a new and-improved construction of a welding machine having an automatically lactuated power feed for insuring -a regular even relative movement of the burner and work for insuring that the work will be welded with greater certaintyy and eficiency, thereby not only decreasing spoilage of material, but also increasing the out- U Another object is to *provide improved means for properlysupport-ing the article during the welding operation, as the latter prclmeeds from one end of the seam to the ot er.

? the same purpose considerable di culty'has been experienced owing to the fact that there was Va tendency-of the completed ortion of the seam yto sag, under the weig t of the article, as the burner used for Welding approached the unwelded end of the article.

A further object is to provide newland improved mounting for the burner, which mount-ing includes universal adjustments for quickly and easily regulating the position of the burner relative to the work..

In the preferred construction of my improved machine I rovide a stationary support having a re atively small transverse bearing surface extending longitudinally 'substantially the full length of the machine for supporting the work along the entire length of the seam to be welded, and a movable carria e is provided which is movable longitudialy of said support by power actuated feeding means, or in adiii'erent form I providea stationar and an auxiliary sup port which is mova le in uni/son Awith the tburn'er or torch employed for welding and which in conjunction with the stationary support or supports insures a steadyand preferablyhorizontal osition of the port-ion of the article to be wey ed, during the entire welding operation. The advantage of supporting the weight of the article so as to prevent sagging thereof insures not only@ areliable operation'. without any tendency to deform or injure the 'oint by the effect ,of improper support of t e article, but a compact construction of the machine. and particularly a reduction in the length of the machine. y

In machines heretoforeem loyed for in which Fig. 11is a side elevation partly in secton,.of a preferred construction of a machine embodying the principles of my invention; Figs. 2 and 3 are cross sections on lines 2-2 and 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fi 4 is a detail plan view of the lower arm o `the machine shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is an end elei vation, partly in section ofthe front end of the machine; Fig. 6 is a. rear elevation; Figs. 7 and 8 respectively area side elevationv and a front elevation similar to Figs. 1 and 5 of av different constructional examplc; Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9 9 of i Fig; 7 and Fi 10 is a detail of a modified construction o the upper seam presser.y

As shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive \the machine' consists .pf a supporting standard or base 10 on whicl is mounted the casting 11 having 3at'the top\thereof the horizontally extending top ,arm 12. Detachably secured to the casting 11 as by the bolts 13a is a lower arm 18 located, (as clearly shown in Fig. 5) below and to one side of the top arm 12. Slidably mounted for movement longitudinally of the top arm 12, is a carriage 14 to which isseeureda bracket 15. Mounted within a screw threaded vertically extending boss of the bracket 15 is an adjusting screw having a pressure member 16 secured to its'A lower end and a/hand wheel 17 secured to its upper end. The carriage 14 is also provided with a laterall projecting stud 19, upon which is pivota ly mounted a burner bracket 20, in which is slidably mounted a burner or storch 21.

Asnumber of adjusting devices are'provided for the fine adjustment of the burner relativel tion. Tliese devices include the adjusting to the work in any desired direcscrews 22, 23, 24 and 25,v the screw 22 serving` y to move the small auxiliar carriage 18 lonitudinally of the work, t e .screw 23 movmg the burner bracket 20 Aup or down, the' screw24 moving the burner longitudinally `l of the bracket 20 and the screw 25 (Fig-5) rotating the burner bracket and *burner upon the pivotal support or stud 19. The carriage 14 is provided with a nut 27 projectingrearwardly into the' top arm 12 and a screw 28 engages with said "nut for moving the carriage longitudinally 'of'said arm and feeding the burner carried thereby along the work. .ln order that the` feeding of the burner along the workwill besteady and continuous, the screw 28 is preferably power actuated. For this purpose -I provide a stepped or cone pulley 2,9 secured to a counter shaft 30 (Fig. v'1), which may be driven from any suitable source of power.

In the machine illustrated, an electric motor 31 is mounted in Athe base 10 and drives a main shaft 32, about which'and the pulley 29 a driving belt yis trained. The inner end of the counter shaft 30 has secured theretoa bevel gear 34 which meshes with 'a pair of bevelgears'35, '36, rotatably mounted on stub shafts secured in the castingll, said gears being mounted withinfa gear housing formed in said casting. Secured to the gears 35, 36 respectively to rotate therewith 43 meshing with a gear 44 on oneend of` a shaft 45, the other end of'which shaft carries a bevel gear 46, meshing with a similar gear 47, secured to the end of the screw 2 8. A clutch shifting lever 49. is pro vided for actuating clutch 42\and said lever has connected thereto one end of a rod 49, which extends along the upper arm 12 and has connected to its other end a bell crank lever 49h, the free arm of which terminates in a hand grip 50. Dogs 51, 52 are adj-ustably mounted for movement along the rod 49a and are adapted to be engaged by the carriage 14 .toshift said Arod and the clutch v in the well known manner.

i' rear end of the casting l1. VThe pump 56 TheA burner 21 is provided with a water jacket 53 to and from which water, or other cooling medium, is circulated by the flexible tubes 54, 55, which lead respectively to the pump 56 and reservoir 57, mounted on the which is driven from the'main shaft 32 also serves to circulate the cooling medium through the-lower arm 13, which, as shown in Figs.` 2 and 3 is hollow, and is provided Ywith a centralweb 58for defining a pair of water chambers Vthrough twhich, the cooling medium is circulated. f i,

The lower arm 13 has securedto its upper face a bed plate 60,'havin the upper facethereof curved transverse y, as shown inv .terial, as indicated at 62, is providedbe-v tween the bed plate 60 and the arm 13.

Av clamp carrying bracket 63 (Figs. 1, 3 and 4) is dovetailed to the lower arm 13, and is slidable along said arm to any desired adjusted position, a clamping. screw 64 'being provided to lock said bracket against longitudinal movement. VMounted upon the bracket 63 is a vpair of work engaging clamps 65, 66, one of.which is movable relatively to the other. As shown, the clamp 66l is movable by means of a screw 67, having a hand wheel 68 secured to its outer end and its inner end threaded into the clamp 65, the

latter being held against movement on the bracket 63 by means oftheU set \screw 69 (Fig. 4). Each of the blamps Yconsist of a hand screw, the A'lower end ofwhich is pro'- vided with a swivel buttonv 70,'adapted to be screwed against the work to clamp it securely against the bed plate 60 of the lowervarm 13. An indicating pointer` 71, (Fig. 4) is .preferably provided vfor'locating the work centrally of the recess 61 and to senve as a guide for adjusting t e movable'clanip as required whenl a seam welding is being perjformed.

The burner 21 has onnected thereto, a pair of flexible tubes 72,73 for supplying the fuel, as for example, oxygen and acetylene,

to the burner.

A presser block 74 is secured to the lower face of the pressure member'16, insulation A75 being interposed between said block and4 member.

' The lower faceof the presser block 74 has I formed therein a slot or tunnel 7 6 in alignment with the top of the burner, the purpose of said tunnel being to direct the outer ven-vl velope of the burner H me in advance of the main vwelding flame for preheating the work before it is subjected to the direct heat of saidwelding flame. V The operation of the machine shown 1n Fi s. 1 to 6 is as follows: The article to-be welded, as for example, a' tubular or cylin- `drical barrel, drum, or-the like 77, isl placed overthe lower arm 13 with the edges ofthe Seam to be welded in juxtaposition at the outer end of said arm as showin iny Fig.- 4, the seam being placed over thecenter ofthe recess 61. The clamps 65 and 66 are then actuated to clamp the work at its inner end, soV as to leave a gap 78 of gradually increasing width towards said inner end between the .meeting edges of the seam, this gap being provided'to allow for the expansion of the work due to the heating thereof by which it will be understoodnwill have been run to a position at the outer end of the upper arm, is set to bring the burner tip adacent to the o-uter end of the work and the urn'er is then-adjusted to the proper welding position b the screws 22, 23, 24 and 25. t e weld, a small amount of In starting brazing wire is used at only the beginning of thesearn, it not being necessary with my machine to use such wire for the entire length of the seam as heretofore. After the proper fusion is secured at the outerv end of the seam, the clutch 42 is thrown in to cause the ears 36, 38, 40, jack shaft- 41, gears 43,

lsha 45 and gears'46, 47, to rotate the screw 28 and move the carriage 14 at a regular and steady rate of speed along the arm 12. The expansion of the metal, due to the welding heat, causes the gap 78 left between the meeting edges of the worktol close gradually. If, however, ,too much of a gap or an insufficient gapv has been initially provided, the operator may, by turning the handle 68, adjust the movable clamp 66 to decrease or increase the gap as the welding vof ythe seam proceeds. v

The dog 51 will'be set to engage the carriage, as ithe end of the seam is reached, thereby causing the clutch 42 to be actuated for reversing the travel of the carriage and returning said carriage again to its outer position. In the outward travel of the,car

riage, t-he gears 35, 37 and 39 are active; these gears it will be noted being arranged to drive the screw at a faster rate than the gears 36, 38, 40. l In the form shown in Figs. 7 to 9, the

lower arm 13 is provided with a movable supporting and presser block carriage 80, adapted to be moved longitudinally of the arm, in'unison with the longitudinal travel `is substituted for the jimi? .of the carriage 14 andvburner 'the construction of the lattenparts being identically the same as shown in Figs. l to 6. For the purpose of moving the carriaUe 80, a screw 81 screw carrying at its inner end the gears 39, 40 and clutch 42, and having the greater part of its length provided with screw threads which engage within co-operating screw threads provided in a dependlng portion of the carriage 80. The carriage has secured to its upper face a presser block 82, the upper face of which is of the samedimension as the lower face of the upper resser block 74. Insulation 7 5a is provided tween the presser block and the carriage 80. In order to prevent sagging of the work and distortion thereofas the welding roceeds, I'provide in this form' of the mac ine a supporting block 85 having its upper face, curved transversely as shown in Fig. 9. The supporting block 8 5 is dovetailed to the lower arm 13a and engages with said arm with suiiicient friction to bold the `block in be shoved a ong said arm to the shaft 41; said any position-to which it may be adjusted longitudinall thereof, but permittin it to esired position. f

It will be understood that the block 8,5 will be set so that when the work has reached lits inner limit of travel, the outer .end of the work will be supported by said block.

In Fig. 10 I have shown a modified construction for directing the outer envelope of the .welding flame in/ advance 'of the main flame for -preheating the work. As shown in this figure, instead of providing the pressyer block 74 with a tunnel,;as shown in Fi 1, the block is solid, andl sheet meta-l shiel s are secured to the sides oftthe block todirect the flame around the sides of the block instead of through a central tunnel.

Irr both machines illustrated it will be 'noted that the principle of supporting the 'work at bothends to prevent sagging thereoffis employed andalso that the principle prevented by the circulation of the cooling medium through the arm. With the machine of Figs. 1 to 6, frictional resistance to the movement of the burner carriage 14 is offered by one presser block only, while in the machine shown-in Figs. 7 to 9, both the upper and lower presser blocks offer 'frictional resistance. In the latter machine it will be noted that the presser blocks'lie en`- tirely ahead of th'eburner so that 'a `free or clear space is left under the work below the point of application of the flame. l

It will be undQerstood that various changes and modifications ofthe eonstructional de- .i

tails of the examples herein disclosed ymay be resorted to without departing from th spirit of my invention.

It will be noted that the location of the upperl cantilever frame arm to the rear of the lower cantilever arm, in the stepped relationship shown, enables the operator to have a clear vision of the workY and a clear working space. Because ofu the fact that no projecting supports are required with the arm 13, this construction may be used for a lgreater range of barrel sizes than the lower arm construction shown in Figs. 7 to S).

I claim: f y l 1. In a longitudinalseam welding machine, a. frame having a pair of horizontally extending cantilever arms arrangedl one above the other iii stepped relationship, the 'lower of said arms being provided with means to support both ends of the article to be welded, and clamping devices to hold said article inwelding position; a travelling carriage mounted on said upper arm, driving means to cause said carriage to be moved atav regular even rate of speed, a welding implement mounted on said carriage and a presser block adjacent to .said implement to press the edges of the seam tobe welded' into alignment. 2. In a longitudinal seam welding inachine,` a pair of cantilever arms spaced one above theotlier and provided with opposed surfaces to press the edges of the seam to be welded into aligned juxtaposition, a welding implement carried by the upper arm closely adjacent to said' surfaces and adjust- Qu able to direct its flame against the edges to be welded, clamping devices to secure said- ./edges in juxtaposition andfmeans to c use' a regular even relative movement between saidl implement and article longitudinally of said' seam..- i

3. lin -a longitudinal seam welding niachine, apair of. cantilever armsspaced one above the other,vthe lower of said arms being provided with a pair offclamps to engage the'inner end ofthe article to be welded and means to support the outer endv of said article,means to'move one of said clamps relatively to the other' to adjust the distance l *videdv to circulate a coolingl medium therethrough. v

' 5. A longitudinal seainwelding machine as set forth in claim 3, in Awhich the welding: p

tionary holders for' oppositeends ofthe `implement comprises an. autogenous burner, andl the presser is provided with means to directthe outerenvelope of the welding flame in advance of the presser forpreheat-` ing the seam in advance', of `theapplication of the main weld-ing flame. i

6,. Inl a longitudinal seam welding machine, a frame having a pair of cantilever arms` arranged one abovethe other in'oifset parallel relationship, th`e lower of said arms having acombined pressing and'supporting surface ,having aN central recess extending longitudinally the full length of said arm, a traveling carriage mounted on the upper arm, means to drive said carriagelongitudi- `nally of said arm, a welding implement mounted on said carriage, a pressure block 'fmouiited on said carriage adjacent to `said implement, means .to move said presser blck A`'te and trom said pressing-and supporting between the opposed edges of the. seam to surface and a plurality of adjlusting for 1setting said implementre ative wor to `the as set forth in claim 6, in which the lower devices 7. A longitudinal seam welding machine" vcantilever arm is hollow and means are ro vided for circulating a Acooling me iumv the lower cantilever arm is hollow and means are provided for circulating a coolinofgmedium therethrough, and said presser lock is nprovided with a central tunnel to direct the outer envelope of the weldingsdame inl advance of said presser'block to preheat the work before it is subjected to the direct heat of the welding Haine. -v

9. In a longitudinal seam welding inachine, a frame having a pair oi cantilever v arms spaced ,one above the other, clamping devices to hold Vthe article to bewelded stationarily on the lower` of said arns, a pair of .presser blocks mounted one on each of said arms for movement .longitudinally "thereof, a-welding implement on said upper 'arm adjacent to said presser blocks, and

means for producing a regular even movement of said pfesser blocks and implement in unison longitudinally of said arms.

l0. A welding machine comprising holders for opposite ends of the article to be welded, a welding implement, a support adapted to engage the article on the side opposite to thaton which the welding implement is located, said support and said s welding' implement being mounted .to remain in the same position relatively to each other, and lmechanism for effecting relative'movement Iofthe article on one hand and said support and welding implement on the yother hand to 4weld the article progressively.

11. A- welding -machine comprising stawork on the side opposite to that on which ers for the ends lof the work, a welding .implementf'a support adapted to engage the the said implement is located, a presser element arranged in .registry with said support4 on ythe same side as said welding implement, said support, presser, and welding implement, lbeing mounted to remain in same position relatively to each other during 4'the operation, and mechanism for effecting the lao

relative movementfof the work on one hand and the support, presser, and welding implement on the other hand* to weld the work progressively.

13. A vwelding machine comprising a framewith fixed projecting spaced arms one of which carries supports for the work, a weldingimplement movable lengthwise upon the otherarm, and an operative connection between said implement and one of said sup ports, to cause them to move in unison.

14. A longitudinal seam welding machine which includes a welding implement travel.

ing longitudinally along a stationary work. piece and a'pair of pressure members located in advance of said implement and closely adjacent theretovfor holding the work at the welding point, characterized by the provision of a pair of cantilever arms located one above the other, the upper arm y carrying said implement and one of` said pieceand ral pair of pressure members located and es a welding implement travel-f e 111g longitudinally along a stationary work in advance of. said implement and closely adjacent thereto for holding the work at the welding point, characterizedA by the provision of a pair of cantilever arms located one above the other, the lower one of said arms carrying the work piece,; and s 'indles journaled in said arms and operative y, connected with said pressure members and implement to move them longitudinally.4`

InA te'stimony`whereof I A:have signed this 40 'l specification.

- ALFONS MUSER. Y 

